Monday, March 11, 2013

Snowman Raises 500 lbs of Food for Local Food Pantry

Greetings from Champion NY, where a very large snowman helped collect a very large amount of food for the local food pantry.

Vernon A. Scoville hosted the local snowman attraction on his front lawn. Family and friends havebuilt the snowman in the past, but this was the first
time the Scoville family turned the attraction into a community service
project.

Photo by AMANDA MORRISON / WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES

John
Minnich, Carthage, stops on the side of Route 126 in the town of
Champion to take a photo of the B.A. Snowman in front of Vernon A.
Scoville’s farm.

He said everyone involved in the project was shocked by how many people stopped to make donations.Mr. Scoville said that after only three weeks, the family was able to meet the goal of 500 pounds of food.

The donations were delivered to the Community Action Planning Council of
Jefferson County’s food pantry in Watertown and to the Lowville Food
Pantry at 7646 Forrest Ave., Lowville. Vernon and his family intend to hold the food collection next year, with the hope of an even larger turnout.

“Next
year, everybody will know ahead of time,” Mr. Scoville said.

“We just
want to thank the people for their donations, thank the people that made
the snowman.”

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